This Sunday: Clarkson drives the Kawasaki Mule

Jeremy Clarkson is on holiday in Mustique, wondering at the lack of cars, when a piece of third-world farm machinery catches his eye

The Kawasaki Mule has an unexpected following on the paradisial isle of Mustique (Kawasaki) The Kawasaki Mule is not the kind of vehicle that would normally appeal to
Jeremy Clarkson, but in the rarefied company of Mustique's millionaires he
finds that it makes perfect sense:

I’ve seen a Fiat 500 here and several Land Rovers, but really there’s no point
because you’d never get out of first, you don’t need doors in a climate like
this and traditional cars with their traditional controls are hard to fathom
when you’ve had eight Martinis.

For this reason, the millionaires’ vehicle of choice is the Kawasaki Mule.
Designed mainly for farmers and gamekeepers in the nasty, dirty world, where
there is mud and poverty, the version I’ve been driving is powered by a
950cc diesel engine, which sends its power to all four of the chunky wheels
via a diff that can be locked.

None of this matters in Mustique. What matters here is that after you’ve